That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

Mr Speaker, I present the Appropriation (Bruce Stadium and CanDeliver Limited) Bill 1999.

The introduction of this legislation is the result of reconsideration of the original amendments that were circulated to Members on 11 June 1999, to amend the Appropriation Bill 1999-2000.

I have proposed this change in presentation in light of concerns expressed by Members that the amendments originally proposed were too complicated.

This Bill, along with the amendments to the Appropriation Bill 1999-2000 which I will introduce later in this sitting, will provide for the most urgent issues to be dealt with immediately. At a later date, I plan to bring forward a further two Bills which will amend the Financial Management Act and the Territory Owned Corporation Act.

Mr Speaker, this particular Bill applies to appropriations made under past appropriation acts. It does not impact upon the Appropriation Bill 1999-2000. It also does not impact on the Financial Management Act or the Territory Owned Corporations Act.

This Bill proposes to retrospectively appropriate money for the purposes of the redevelopment of Bruce Stadium and for the purposes of CanDeliver Limited.

The Bill proposes an appropriation for the purposes of the redevelopment of Bruce Stadium in 1997-98 of $9,714,700 and in 1998-99 of $14,318,202.81.

The Bill also proposes an appropriation for the purposes of CanDeliver in 1998-99 of $850,000.